Professional Practice Issues

The Pharmacy Board of Australia (the Board) is committed to ensuring that practitioners are aware of relevant issues that inform professional practice.

Therefore, from time to time the Board will publish relevant information for practitioners to consider.

Pharmacist prescribing

Following developments in prescribing in 2015, the Board set out to consider the implications for the public if states and territory governments were to authorise pharmacists to prescribe. The Board also explored whether it has any regulatory barriers in place that would affect pharmacists’ ability to prescribe in the Australian healthcare setting. Click on the links below to read about the Board’s work in this area.

• Pharmacist prescribing - Position statement
• Pharmacist prescribing - FAQ
• Pharmacist prescribing - Forum

Pharmacist prescribing update

In December 2023, given the developments in pharmacist prescribing, the Board published an update to its previous position statement.

• Pharmacist prescribing - Position statement update – 20 December 2023

Published reports

The Board publishes reports about its work when it considers they may be of interest to the profession. Click on the links below to access the reports.